Seahawks earn trip to Super Bowl LX with thrilling victory over Rams in NFC Championship Game

With a travel to Super Bowl LX connected the line, the 3rd gathering betwixt the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams was yet different thrilling shootout successful the northwest.

But conscionable similar that overtime crippled past clip betwixt these NFC West foes, the Seahawks defended home-field advantage.

The Seahawks are heading to Santa Clara to look the New England Patriots successful Super Bowl LX aft their 31-27 triumph implicit the Rams connected Sunday night.

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Kenneth Walker III celebrates with AJ Barner of the Seattle Seahawks aft Walker III scored a archetypal 4th touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams successful the NFC Championship crippled astatine Lumen Field connected Jan. 25, 2026 successful Seattle, Washington. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

It was an onslaught of discourtesy successful this contest, with 28 third-quarter points combined, highlighting what was going to beryllium a suspenseful 4th quarter.

The biggest infinitesimal successful this back-and-forth conflict came connected the 14th play of the Rams’ archetypal thrust successful the 4th erstwhile caput manager Sean McVay and backmost Matthew Stafford decided to spell for it connected Seattle’s six-yard enactment connected fourth-and-4.

A touchdown would’ve fixed the Rams the lead, and Stafford didn’t look similar helium wanted to get disconnected the tract down 4 points with 4:54 near successful the game.

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As helium dropped back, Stafford surveyed the extremity portion and tried to thread a walk to Terrence Ferguson, but Devon Witherspoon had broad sum and turned the shot implicit connected downs.

It was a monolithic halt for a Seattle defence that owned an 11-point pb until a important mistake connected the portion of Riq Woolen, who was called for a taunting punishment connected the erstwhile Rams thrust aft a third-and-12 stop. The 15-yard punishment allowed Stafford and institution to stay connected the field, and helium made Woolen wage with a touchdown walk to Puka Nacua to marque it a 31-27 game.

But Sam Darnold, who played tremendously passim this contest, knew the crippled was successful his hands. A fewer archetypal downs, and bleeding the Rams’ remaining timeouts, would seal a occupation good done and the NFC title.

One large play came from Darnold, arsenic helium recovered seasoned receiver Cooper Kupp connected third-and-4, and Kupp stretched retired to conscionable prime up the archetypal down to support the thrust alive. The telephone looked similar 1 that McVay could’ve challenged, but since helium would’ve mislaid a timeout, helium kept the reddish emblem successful his pouch alternatively of taking the gamble.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba of the Seattle Seahawks pulls successful a 1 handed drawback successful beforehand of Cobie Durant #14 of the Los Angeles Rams during the archetypal 4th successful the NFC Championship crippled astatine Lumen Field connected Jan. 25, 2026 successful Seattle, Washington.  (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Perhaps it might’ve led to an overturned first-down call, but hindsight is 20/20 erstwhile moving backmost Kenneth Walker III and receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba did what was indispensable to crystal this game.

Stafford did get a occurrence accidental with 25 seconds near to play, but with nary timeouts, the Rams hung their heads aft Nacua was ruled successful bounds connected a catch, ending the crippled successful heartbreak. 

But not for the Seahawks and their celebrated "The 12" instrumentality base, who were each celebrating their travel backmost to the Big Game for the archetypal clip since 2014. And isn't it fitting that they look the Patriots – the squad who bushed them successful Super Bowl XLIX connected Malcolm Butler's goal-line interception of Russell Wilson. 

Other than the failed fourth-down play for the Rams, their different large blunder came successful peculiar teams, arsenic returner Xavier Smith muffed a punt that was recovered by Seattle, which turned into a Jake Bobo touchdown. That was the double-digit spread the Seahawks were hoping for, with the people moving to 24-13 aft that tremendous propulsion from Darnold.

Speaking of, Darnold went 25-of-36 for 346 yards with 3 touchdown passes, including 1 to Smith-Njigba (10 catches, 153 yards) successful the archetypal fractional and the different to Kupp (four catches, 36 yards) successful the 3rd quarter. He played a cleanable game, which was needed considering what Stafford was doing connected the different end.

Sam Darnold of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates a archetypal 4th touchdown against the Los Angeles Rams successful the NFC Championship crippled astatine Lumen Field connected Jan. 25, 2026 successful Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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He was 22-for-35 for 374 yards with 3 touchdowns arsenic well, uncovering Davante Adams (four catches, 89 yards) and Kyren Williams.

Nacua led the crippled with 165 yards receiving connected 9 receptions, but the Seahawks’ efforts would beryllium thing without Walker, erstwhile again playing without his counterpart Zach Charbonnet who is retired for the season, mounting the tone. He had 111 scrimmage yards with his rushing score.

Thus, the Super Bowl, the last crippled of the 2025 NFL season, is acceptable for Feb. 8 astatine Levi’s Stadium.

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